A boy aged 13 has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting at an 18th birthday party and a fight in which a teenager was chased and stabbed to death. He is thought to be one of the youngest people in Britain to be arrested in connection with an alleged attempted murder

Three teenage friends were killed early yesterday when a 16-year-old boy lost control of a car he was driving, careering off the road and into a tree. The driver and his passengers — a girl aged 14 and a boy of 15 — all suffered multiple injuries in the accident that spilt the silver Honda Civic

Police snatch squads are being deployed for a student march in London against government spending cuts to stop splinter groups breaking away and causing disruption in the capital’s shopping district. A security company that looks after some of the biggest shops in London has sent an e-mail to

Cerie Bullivant’s life was turned upside down in 2006 when two men in suits came up to him and handed him some papers: he had been placed under a control order. Mr Bullivant, who had never been in trouble with the police before, had converted to Islam a few years earlier after becoming interested

The mastermind behind a gang who paid Eastern European women to fly to Britain to claim more than £3 million in benefits was jailed for five years yesterday. Virokaitas Ricardas, 37, would give them National Insurance numbers, false tenancy agreements, bank accounts and bogus cleaning jobs. He

A former public schoolgirl was ordered to be detained for seven years today for the manslaughter of a civil servant in a vicious homophobic attack. Ruby Thomas, 19, stamped on Ian Baynham’s head as he began to have a fit after her friend, Joel Alexander, 20, knocked him out in an assault likened

A British businessman killed in the suicide attack on Moscow’s busiest airport was a new father who was to be married in April. Invitations to Gordon Cousland’s wedding had already been sent out and one relative said hers had arrived on Monday, the day of the bombing. A property consultant who

An armed gang of 51 professional criminals carried out a string of robberies on jewellery shops across England, stealing more than £3.6 million of goods in just 17 months, a court heard today. Dressed in paper suits, gloves and dust masks to avoid being identified or leaving DNA, the “highly

A married close protection officer who guarded Alan Johnson when he was Home Secretary is facing the sack after allegations that he had an affair with the MP’s wife. Scotland Yard launched an official investigation yesterday into the conduct of Paul Rice, 44, who is said to have been involved with

Protection officers are among the elite of Scotland Yard, chosen to guard the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and other senior politicians only after a gruelling series of physical and mental tests. Once assigned a “principal” the officers will be allowed to stay with them and their family only